Mum and I are in South Africa to document the life and times of my great grandfather, Vincent Lawrence (1872-1965). Lawrence worked with Gandhi when the Mahatma was first starting out in South Africa, and he was also involved in the struggle against apartheid, and helped found St. Anthony's Church in Durban.
These days I'm living on Commercial Drive in Vancouver. I've taken a job with Full Circle, which is an Aboriginal Performance Group, supporting First Nations theater, including training for young First Nations actors, development of original works of theater, as well as putting on the Talking Stick Festival, which will run from Feb. 9-15 2009... I was up in Haida Gwaii this summer, making some new Haidawood movies. I am pretty happy with the results, and I'll be showing some of the movies at the Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival.
I haven't made much progress on the Lawrence Project since February, and, I would like to find some time to sit down and edit a 20 minute short together. Perhaps over the Christmas holidays...
Friday, November 7, 2008
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